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(11) EP 0 223 756 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.03.1989 Bulletin 1989/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.05.1987 Bulletin 1987/22

(21) Application number: 86850310.3

(22) Date of filing: 16.09.1986
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: A43B 15/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 22.11.1985 US 800997

(71) Applicant: RED WING SHOE COMPANY, INC.
Red Wing MN 55066 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Eckstrom, Delano
    Red Wing, MN 55066 (US)

(74) Representative: Rostovanyi, Peter 
AWAPATENT AB, Box 5117
200 71 Malmö
200 71 Malmö (SE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Welting for a shoe


    (57) A welt is disclosed for shoes having outer soles formed by means of a foaming process. The welt includes a substantially horizontal outsole attaching member having a bottom surface for joining to a shoe outsole. An inseam portion is provided integral with the outsole attaching member along an inner end of the outsole attaching member. A stitch receiving groove is defined by opposing surfaces of the inseam attaching portion and the bottom surface of the outsole attaching member. A hook portion is integral with the outsole attaching member and extends vertically downwardly from the bottom surface along the inner end with the hook portion defining a foam receiving groove beneath the bottom surface.







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